Future Tape vs Factory.fm
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Future Tape
Explore and play music from various platforms like Catalog, Sound, Nina, and Zora. Discover trending tracks, browse charts, and search for specific releases within a unified player.
- Play tracks from multiple platforms
- Explore trending charts
- Search all releases
- Unified music player
- Discover latest tracks
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Future Tape is an experimental player for tracks on the Catalog, Sound, Nina and Zora platforms. Listen to the latest tracks, explore charts, and search through all the releases.
Factory.fm
Track your music listening habits, rate and review albums, and curate your all-time favorite records. Discover new music and share your taste with friends, fostering a deeper connection beyond algorithmic recommendations.
- Track music listening
- Rate and review albums
- Curate top records
- Discover new music
- Share music taste
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A home for your music taste: track the music you’re listening to, rate and review new albums, pick your top 8 records of all time. Discover new music. Tell people the best albums of all time. Share your music taste with friends. More albums, less algorithms: Factory.fm is designed for people who want a deeper connection with music. To reflect on the records you love, to add context to the music you’re listening to and go deeper than algorithms.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Future Tape at 5.0 against Factory.fm's 4.7. On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Future Tape holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 17 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Future Tape ships an update every 5 days, Factory.fm weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Future Tape | Factory.fm |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better | 4.7 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zora Labs, Inc. | Oscillator, Inc. |
Customer experience
Future Tape
Factory.fm
In-app purchases
Future Tape
No in-app purchases
Factory.fm
No in-app purchases
